| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 97X (USA) - The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time (2006) | 421 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) | No Order |
| Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) | No Order |
| Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) | 70 |
| VH-1 (USA) - Nominations for the 100 Greatest 80s Songs (2006) | No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993) | 91 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year | Nominee |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year | No Order |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 2 |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year | 1 |